Oxford Mail
Circulation 4,115 (as of 2023)[1] | | |
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Oxford Mail is a daily tabloid newspaper in Oxford, England, owned by Newsquest. It is published six days a week. It is a sister paper to the weekly tabloid The Oxford Times.
History
The Oxford Mail was founded in 1928 as a successor to Jackson's Oxford Journal.
From 1961 until 1979 its editor was Mark Barrington-Ward.[2] At that time it was owned by the Westminster Press, and was an evening newspaper.[2]
The Oxford Mail is now published in the morning. In the second half of 2008 its circulation fell to 23,402,[3] by 2013 it had fallen to 16,569, a year-on-year decline of 5.6%[4] By the second half of 2014, its circulation had fallen to 12,103.[5]
In the period July to December 2015, the paper's circulation fell again, to 11,173.[6] In January to June 2016, a further decline to 10,777 was recorded, an 8.4% fall in year-on-year.[7]
The latest published circulation was 5,504 (January – June 2022).[8]
Notable former staff
- Morley Safer[9]
- Sir David Bell
- Dorothea Frazil, fictional editor in TV series Endeavour
References
- ^ "Oxford Mail". Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK). 19 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ a b Barrington-Ward, Mark (2010). Forty Years of Oxford Planning: What has it achieved, and what next?. Oxford: Oxford Civic Society. pp. author's biography on rear cover.
- ^ Amos, Owen (26 February 2009). "Regional ABCs: Paid-for circulation falls at every GB daily". Press Gazette. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ Lindford, Paul (28 August 2013). "ABC figures: How the regional dailies performed". HoldTheFrontPage]. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ Linford, Paul (25 February 2015). "ABCs: All the figures for regional dailies". HoldTheFrontPage. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ Linford, Paul (24 February 2016). "ABCs: All the figures for regional dailies". HoldTheFrontPage. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ Sharman, David (25 August 2016). "Cuts-hit regional daily newspaper tops ABC league". HoldTheFrontPage. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "Oxford Mail – Data – ABC | Audit Bureau of Circulations". Abc.org.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- Yahoo! TV. Yahoo!. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
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